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Audit finds gaps in consultant contracting and recommends stronger needs assessments and performance evaluations
Summary
An audit of consultant spending found inconsistent needs assessments and sparse performance evaluations across sampled contracts, limited evidence that work could not be done by city staff, and some missing deliverables; procurement and financial services pledged improvements and to expand contractor evaluations.
Assistant City Auditor Keith Salas presented the consultant-spending audit to the committee, noting the city spends roughly $93,000,000 annually on consultants over the past three fiscal years. The audit focused on "general services" consulting contracts and sampled 28 contracts. Key findings: about one-third lacked written needs assessments explaining why the consultant was required; more than 80% lacked documented evaluations showing the work could…
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